DIFFICULTY

• (noun) an effort that is inconvenient

  "I went to a lot of trouble", "he won without any trouble", "had difficulty walking", "finished the test only with great difficulty"

  synonyms : trouble

• (noun) the quality of being difficult

  "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

  synonyms : difficultness

• (noun) a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

  "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"

• (noun) a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

  "grappling with financial difficulties"

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